This riveting debut set in 1534 England secured C. J. Sansom’s place “among the most distinguished of modern historical novelists” (P. D. James). When Henry VIII’s emissary is beheaded at an English monastery, hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake is dispatched to solve the crime. But as he uncovers a cesspool of sin, three more murders occur - and Matthew may be the next target.

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Lamentation

By:
C.J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Steven Crossley

Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
706

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 out of 5 stars
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Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councilors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government. As heretics are hunted across London, and radical Protestants are burned at the stake, the Catholic party focuses its attack on Henry's sixth wife - and Matthew Shardlake's old mentor - Queen Catherine Parr.

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Dark Fire

A Matthew Shardlake Mystery

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Steven Crossley

Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,204

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4.5 out of 5 stars
972

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4.5 out of 5 stars
971

Winner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award,
Dark Fire revisits acclaimed master of historical fiction C. J. Sansom's colorful and rapier-witted lawyer, Matthew Shardlake. Set in 1540, this beguiling tale of murder and mayhem is set against a rich backdrop of medieval London. Here, hunchbacked Matthew Shardlake is called upon to investigate the peculiar case of a young woman accused of murder.

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Sovereign

A Matthew Shardlake Mystery

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Steven Crossley

Length: 20 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
987

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
813

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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Barrister Matthew Shardlake is faced with the most terrifying threat in the age of Tudor England: his own imprisonment in the Tower of London. Harsh autumn winds stir the English countryside as King Henry VIII, along with a thousand soldiers and his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, make their way from London to York after a violent uprising.

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Tombland

The Shardlake Series, Book 7

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Steven Crossley

Length: 37 hrs and 41 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
5

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5 out of 5 stars
5

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
5

The nominal king, Edward VI, is 11 years old. His uncle Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Protector. The extirpation of the old religion by radical Protestants is stirring discontent among the populace while the Protector’s prolonged war with Scotland is proving a disastrous failure and threatens to involve France. Worst of all, the economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry.

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Winter in Madrid

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Gordon Gordon

Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
143

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
93

Story

4 out of 5 stars
94

Winter in Madrid is set just after the bloody Spanish Civil War, with World War II looming over Europe. Reluctantly, Harry Brett looks for an old schoolmate who's become a person of interest for British intelligence.

A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on the second novel in C. J. Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime series. Summer, 1540. It has been three years since the terrible events at Scarnsea monastery, and lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is living a quiet life in London - until a summons from Cromwell sees him embarking on another dangerous secret assignment.

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Revelation

A Matthew Shardlake Mystery

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Steven Crossley

Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
864

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
666

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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C.J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake mysteries whisk listeners back in time to the tumultuous court of King Henry VIII. Shardlake has his hands full this time defending a young religious fanatic who has been thrown into Bedlam. On top of that, Shardlake's friend is murdered, and the quest to find the killer leads Shardlake right to the steps of the king's latest romantic conquest, Catherine Parr.

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Heartstone

A Matthew Shardlake Mystery

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Steven Crossley

Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
863

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
704

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
707

Consistently appearing on US and UK best-seller lists, C.J. Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake mysteries have earned considerable critical acclaim, including a CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award. At the behest of a former servant to Catherine Parr, Shardlake travels to Portsmouth to investigate claims of unspeakable crimes committed upon a young ward of the court. There, Shardlake uncovers disturbing evidence even as England’s continuing war with France rages around him.

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Dark Fire

Shardlake, Book 2

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Steven Crossley

Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
8

It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused of brutally murdering her young cousin, brings him once again into contact with the king's chief minister - and a new assignment . . .

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Tombland

The Shardlake Series, Book 7

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Steven Crossley

Length: 37 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
1

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
1

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5 out of 5 stars
1

Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos...The king, Edward VI, is 11 years old. His uncle Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, rules as Protector. Radical Protestants are conducting all-out war on the old religion, stirring discontent among the people. The Protector's prolonged war with Scotland is proving a disastrous failure. Worst of all, the economy is in collapse, inflation rages, and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry.

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Lamentation

Shardlake, Book 6

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Steven Crossley

Length: 25 hrs and 19 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
31

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
30

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
30

Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government of Henry's successor, eight-year-old Prince Edward. As heretics are hunted across London, and the radical Protestant Anne Askew is burned at the stake, the Catholic party focus their attack on Henry's sixth wife, Matthew Shardlake's old mentor, Queen Catherine Parr.

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Heartstone

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Anton Lesser

Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
12

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII’s invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war, and England is in the grip of soaring inflation and economic crisis.Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr.

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Dominion

By:
C.J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Daniel Weyman

Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
180

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
168

Story

4 out of 5 stars
167

1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany. The global economy strains against the weight of the long German war against Russia still raging in the east. The British people find themselves under increasingly authoritarian rule - the press, radio, and television tightly controlled, the British Jews facing ever greater constraints.

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Dissolution

A Matthew Shardlake Novel

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Anton Lesser

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
49

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
37

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4.5 out of 5 stars
38

Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church, and the country is waking up to savage new laws. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent to investigate the monasteries. At the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's commissioner, Robin Singleton, has been found dead. And Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of reform, has been sent by Cromwell into an atmosphere of treachery and death to investigate.

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Revelation

A Matthew Shardlake Novel

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Anton Lesser

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
27

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
19

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
19

Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But this time the object of his affections is resisting. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies.

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Dark Fire

A Matthew Shardlake Novel

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Anton Lesser

Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
32

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
22

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4.5 out of 5 stars
21

It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the 16th century. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused of brutally murdering her young cousin, brings him once again into contact with the king's chief minister - and a new assignment.

A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on CJ Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime novel. Winter, 1537. Henry VIII has declared himself Supreme Head of the Church and instructed his Chief Minister, Thomas Cromwell, to dissolve England's religious houses and seize their wealth. But Cromwell's plot to bring down the abbeys has hit a snag - one of the King's Commissioners has been found brutally murdered in Scarnsea monastery, on the south coast of Kent.

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Sovereign

A Matthew Shardlake Novel

By:
C. J. Sansom

Narrated by:
Anton Lesser

Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
36

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
25

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
25

Autumn, 1541. Following the uncovering of a plot against his throne in Yorkshire, King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to overawe his rebellious subjects there. Already in York are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak. Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a special mission: to ensure the welfare of a dangerous conspirator being returned to London for interrogation. But the murder of a local glazier involves Shardlake in deeper mysteries.